Sentences with phrase «as television writer»

You really helped delineate what I might find useful in my meetings with some of these concerns and companies... As a television writer / producer with shitloads of produced credits, I always found checking a company's past successes and failures as important as their checking mine.

She's also worked consistently as a television writer on a variety of shows such as

But scribes Andrew Knight (who mostly works in television but also scripted Russell Crowe's directorial effort The Water Diviner in 2014) and Robert Schenkkan (who has also worked as a television writer since adapting Graham Greene's The Quiet American for Phillip Noyce) give leverage to Doss» interactions with his combative superiors (a rather kitschy but likeable Vince Vaughn fares better than a somnolent Sam Worthington), underlining his developmental difficulties with authority figures thanks to his alcoholic dad.

The film was directed by and stars C.K. as a television writer whose teenage daughter (Chloe Grace Moretz) begins dating a filmmaker (John Malkovich), who is much older than she is.

At the height of his success as a television writer living in Hollywood, Stahl was earning $ 5,000 a week, but supporting a $ 6,000 habit.

After seven years as a television writer for Entertainment Tonight and Rachael Ray, I decided to embrace my passion for health conscious cooking.

After seven years as a television writer for Entertainment Tonight and Rachael Ray, I decided to embrace my passion for health conscious cooking.

Not exact matches

The media icon, known as the Grand Dame of Television, the Queen of TV and Mayor of Hollywood wears many hats as an actress, writer, producer, host, environmentalist and just generally delightful presence on the big and small screens.

Since securing a job as a writer for «30 Rock» in 2006, Glover has used his diverse talents and signature humor to find success in a staggering number of industries, including television, stand - up comedy, music, and film.

As a result, Sherman - Palladino, the six - year showrunner and head writer for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, chooses to do what very few television storytellers do with their characters: She allows nature to take its course.

David Levy (president of the Caucus of Producers, Directors, and Writers) explained that some twenty years ago such sponsors as Kraft, Hallmark, and Texaco normally purchased a whole series of programs on television, but that today sponsors only purchase time — a few minutes of spot advertising on many different programs.

Postman also points out how television is paradoxically non-authoritarian because it breaks up «the monopoly of the printed word» as analogously «The printing press broke the knowledge monopoly of those few writers and readers who controlled the manuscript culture» (TCA 68).

In the beginning of my career as a journalist, I was paying my dues as a television news writer working in the middle of the night to prepare the morning newscast.

As this magazine's television and radio writer during much of the 1980s, I often heard announcers mention Husing's name with the kind of reverence accorded Edward R. Murrow in news - broadcasting circles.

As an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, Rob Morrow is a critically acclaimed actor, writer, and director with an established career in television spanning over three decades.

Growing up in the world of television and eventually building her own successful career as a writer -LSB-...]

Television's DCTV series, as well as comic book writers and artists from DC Entertainment, who will join invited guests from politics, government service, entertainment, business, academia and more.

Prior to that, Halperin had her hand at Hollywood for more than 30 years, where she worked as an agent, film distributor, and on many television shows as a writer, director, and producer.

Despite her recent onscreen success, Washington remains true to her stage roots by remaining active in theater and has also begun to branch out by attempting to make a name for herself as a writer and producer as well.Still, it was on the screen that Washington truly earned her keep, and following roles in Sexual Life, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Fantastic Four, Washington took a trip to the courtroom for a supporting role on David E. Kelley's Emmy - winning television comedy Boston Legal.

John Terry Bell spent most of his career involved with television, first as a writer and then as an actor.

American producer / director / writer David Swift cut his professional teeth as an animator at Walt Disney Studios before becoming a radio and television writer.

During the 1950s, he became a television writer for such artists as Steve Allen and Martha Raye and for such shows as The Judy Garland Show.

Television definitely seemed to provide a better vehicle for David's unique brand of humor, and he later got a job as a writer for Saturday Night Live during its 1984 - 1985 season.

From a young age, Clark Duke has worked on a diverse slate of projects in television, film and new media as a writer, actor, director, and producer.

Born in 1937 in West Cliff - on - Sea, England, screenwriter - turned - director Dick Clement cut his teeth on the small screen in his mid - to late twenties, as a BBC television writer and director, including such now - classic programs as the sitcom The Likely Lads (1964), the Dudley Moore and Peter Cook series Not Only... But Also (1965), and the brief Steptoe and Son successor Mr. Aitch (1967), starring Harry H. Corbett.Clement segued into big - screen comedy in 1966, co-scripting (with Ian La Frenais) the Michael Winner - directed picture The Jokers.

Actor Javier Bardem will star as Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes in an Amazon miniseries from writer Steven Zaillian and filmmaker Steven Spielbergs company Amblin Television.

Simon is currently developing both X - Men / Fantastic Four films for Fox and Star Wars film / television projects for Lucasfilm, as writer and producer.

This did not deter Stewart from his career as a highly paid script doctor and writer, most notably for the aforementioned Tom Clancy trilogy and most recently a television film, Dead Silence (1997), starring James Garner.

High - profile writer / producer Aaron Sorkin is preparing for a return to television with More As This Story Develops, a HBO pilot about the controversial world of cable news.

Since then, with detours for movies and especially television, he's worked steadily in the theater, playing a slew of classical roles in regional theater, and working on contemporary fare by writers such as Lanford Wilson, Terrence McNally, Edward Albee, and David Mamet.

On the other hand, that director is Marti Noxon, a longtime presence on television as a producer and writer.

Television and film writer Marti Noxon is making her feature film debut as a writer - director at Sundance with «To the Bone.»

As the writer and director of the feature films Knocked Up and The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, the producer of the blockbuster comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and the creator of the acclaimed television series «Freaks and Geeks» and «Undeclared,» Apatow has developed a reputation for stories that are equal measures sentimental and unrefined.

Before he made movies — «Magic in the Moonlight» is his 44th film as director in 48 years — Woody Allen worked as a gag writer, then a television writer, then a stand - up comic.

Streaming formats like Netflix and Amazon were big winners today as the Writers Guild of America announced their nominations for television, streaming media, news and radio.

Strong, who got his start as an actor, has become an accomplished writer of both films and television, scoring two Emmy Awards along the way.

Academy Award winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, writer of such films as the excellent Steve Jobs, The Social Network, Moneyball, and the acclaimed television series The West Wing tries his hand for the first time at directing a script he adapted titled Molly's Game.

In the same year Steven Moffat replaced Russell T. Davies as showrunner, lead writer and producer of the 2005 revived Doctor Who, he was also launching, with Mark Gatiss, what would become a pop culture phenomenon and sensation for British Television and the world: Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

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«We are thrilled that he is bringing his talents as a writer and director to television through FX Productions,» said Eric Schrier, co-president of original programming for FX.

Kudos to the debut directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, as well as writers Leigh Whannell (Saw, 2004) and Ian Brennan (co-creator of horror comedy television series Scream Queens, 2015), for not handling the subject matter with kid gloves.

GALECA's take on the awards season includes nominations for television, documentaries and some categories that are uniquely their own, like the Dorian Awards for Campy Film of the Year, Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) as well as a Timeless Star to be revealed later.

From Sony Pictures Television, the series was created and written by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, who serve as executive producers alongside Emmy - nominated director Anthony Hemingway; Academy Award - winning writer Akiva Goldsman of Weed Road Pictures; Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold of Safehouse Pictures; Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius of Get Lifted Film Co; and Mark Taylor.

Named after longtime WGAE member Ian McLellan Hunter, the award is presented to a WGA member in honor of his or her body of work as a writer in motion pictures or television.

Writer / director Joss Whedon — who, before he became the anchor of the Marvel ship, was mostly known as the successful television showrunner of series such as «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «Angel» — starts the story in medias res, as our heroes are closing in on the latest Hydra hideout.

The award was established in 1992 to honor a Writers Guild member for his or her body of work as a writer in motion pictures or television

She also works as a creative producer, series story editor and writer for documentary and lifestyle television.

A frequent collaborator of Sacha Baron Cohen (who can currently be seen flexing his musical muscles in the awards - laden Les Miserables), Dan Mazer forged his reputation as a producer / writer in both television and film, with his crowning moment to date being his Oscar - nominated work on the screenplay for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, which went down a storm upon its release Stateside.

David Thewlis (born 20 March 1963) is an English film, television and stage character actor, as well as a writer.

He has a long list of credits as a writer, producer, and actor in some of television's most entertaining series.